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I am an assistant professor in the School of Computational Science and Engineering (CSE), within the College of Computing at Georgia Tech. My research is in the area of high-performance computing.

Research: The HPC Garage.
I am developing automated tools and techniques to tune, to analyze, and to debug software for parallel machines, including emerging high-end multi/manycore architectures and accelerators. I focus on applying these methods to CSE applications, which include computer-based simulation of natural and engineered systems and analysis of massive data sets.

For the latest information on my students, collaborators, and research projects, please visit my research lab, The HPC Garage. Interested in joining the lab? Please read this note.

Recent.
08/31/2010: Back to school.
08/23/2010: GT named an NVIDIA CCOE.
08/16/2010: Bon voyage, CRUISE'10 crew!
08/14/2010: CScADS'10 Autotuning.
08/08/2010: TeraGrid'10.

Roots.
I received my Ph.D. in Computer Science from the University of California, Berkeley, in January 2004, in the BeBOP group, under Profs. James Demmel and Katherine Yelick. I was a post-doctoral researcher in the Center for Applied Scientific Computing at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, where I worked with Dr. Dan Quinlan on the ROSE project.

Though my last name looks vaguely Slavic, I'm actually a Vietnamese-American. It's a long story.

Working hard, or hardly working?

“Carpenter bee rampage!”

Engaged in the futile fight against carpenter bees.

“Shepard's pie.”

Chowing down at Six Pence Pub in Savannah.

“The tenure-track makes you loopy.”

Junior faculty hang on to their sanity by a thread.

“Awaiting The Big ‘O’.”

Staying warm at President Obama's inauguration.

“When the clock strikes midnight.”

Good wishes to all for the New Year, 2009.

“Booth moms.”

With Georgia Tech's SC'08 booth moms.

“Yard work?!”

Oh, how we used to love autumn and trees... (Note: Bag contains Agata, not me.)

“It's all Greek to me.”

Enjoying meat-on-a-stick at Atlanta's Greek Festival.

“Hangin' with Tai in Tōkyō.”

Gavin's and Thu's kid.

“Cold Paduan.”

At Lucas Arts in the freezing-cold Presidio.

“Secret handshakes.”

My favorite Sino-German kid, Mei's and Klaus's Karina.

“We [heart] Berkeley.”

Revisiting the Campanile, where we walked by on our first “date”.

“Yodelayheehoo!”

View of Lake Neuchâtel from Chaumont, in Switzerland.

What's that smell?

Durian, the delectable yet repulsive fruit.

Gaitor Bait '08.

From a trip to Amelia Island, Florida.

Life is a balancing act.

Taken at the Atlanta Botanical Garden.

Brrrr.

Not sure about this whole New England snow thing.

'Cuz we're cousins, of course.

Grading final projects (Spring 2008).

Heavy drinking required.

“Chi–zu!”

Hangin' with Misutā Māshurūmu in Tōkyō.

Mug shots.

Taken by the charming, talented, award-winning barista, Danielle Glasky, at Octane Coffee.

Ebi-san and Gunkan-san: sushi superheroes.

2007 Halloween costumes.

New kids on the block.

Young faculty learning the game.

Up against the wall.

Breakfast at Ria's Bluebird in the ATL.

Drowning in packing paper.

The mess after we finally finished unpacking.

“Hot stuff, coming through...”

Standing by a surface lava flow on the Big Island of Hawai'i.

Getting thrown out of somewhere, as usual.

Prague, Czech Republic.

Overlooking Capri from Sorrento.

Geek chic.

We certainly deserve each other.

Sampling a taste of Oaxaca at Guelaguetza in L.A.'s Korea-town.

Lounging in Central Park.

A home away from home.

In front of the Capitol in Washington, D.C., where I grew up.

Ah, Roma.

A few members of the extended clan.

A few members of the extended clan.

A few members of the extended clan.

Weathering the perfect storm in Gloucester.

Lucky for you, this Tōkyō karaoke-night shot is a silent picture.

Warming up at the best coffee shop in Baltimore, the Sylvan Beach Cafe.

In the shadow of the magnificent Watts Towers.


Random.
I am a great admirer of human ingenuity, as exemplified by The Watts Towers in Los Angeles; Peeps Shows I II, III, and IV; Projekt P.I.W.O.; verse for geeks; and its seemingly inherent desire to bridge the gap between theory and practice; among others.